THE  Stallions  herein  enumerated  from    i   to   5  inclu- 
sive are  offered  for  public  service  during  the  season 
of  1904,  subject,  however,  to  their  sale  prior  to  the  stallion 
season.    Full  particulars  as  to  fees  and  terms  will  be  gladly 
sent  upon  request. 


Rogers  &  Hall  Co.  Press,  Chicago. 


Announcement 


In  presenting  this  list  of  representatives  of  my  1904  offerings  I 
feel  that  I  am  making  somewhat  of  a  departure  from  the  usual  stock 
farm  catalogue. 

It  has  occurred  to  me  that  there  are  no  doubt  many  men  seeking 
an  equine  companion  who  have  neither  the  time  nor  inclination  to 
make  the  protracted  search  for  one  nowadays  necessary  to  a  successful 
purchase.  To  such  an  one  I  believe  these  presents  will  be  acceptable. 

To  know  of  a  place  where  he  can  buy  a  horse,  even  perhaps  without 
seeing  it,  and  be  sure  that  when  his  purchase  reaches  his  hands  it  will 
at  least  approximate  the  description  of  its  late  owner — must  be  a  wel- 
come relief  to  many  a  man. 

Be  a  man  never  so  honest  (and  it  has  been  said  at  times  that  a 
man  having  a  horse  to  sell  is  but  "indifferent  honest")  and  a  descrip- 
tion never  so  accurate,  it  is  nevertheless  impossible  so  to  describe  a  horse 
that  another  man  may  see  him. 

Therefore  I  have  coupled  with  close  technical  descriptions  of  these 
horses  life-like  portraits,  made  by  an  artist  who  is  noted  for  the  fidelity 
of  his  brush. 

We  offer  each  of  the  following  horses  for  sale  at  prices  commensurate 
with  their  quality  and  the  present  state  of  the  market. 

They  have  been  ridden  and  driven  in  our  covered  track  and  are 
ready  for  immediate  service.  HERBERT  J.  KRUM. 

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No.  J  Shan  Mullagh 

(English  Hackney  Stud  Book,  7275.    American  Hackney  Stud  Book,  427.) 

Imported  English  Hackney  Stallion. 

Foaled  1898,  the  property  of  F.  Wrench,  Killacoona,  Ballybrack,  Dublin,  Ireland, 

and  purchased  from  Mr.  E.  Archdale,  M.  P.,  County  Farmanaugh,  Ireland, 

who  owns  his  dam.    Imported  1900. 
Height,  16  hands  1  inch.     Weight,  1,340  pounds. 
Color,  a  dark  chestnut,  with  white  on  nose  and  forehead,  and  four  white  feet. 

Sire,  Clovelly  (4690),  chestnut,  15.3  hands. 

2nd  sire,  Copernicus  (2912),  chestnut,  15.3  hands. 

3rd  sire,  Rufus  (1343),  chestnut,  15.3  hands. 

4th  sire,  Vigorous  (1215),  chestnut,  15.2  hands. 

5th  sire,  Norfolk  Gentleman,  492,  chestnut,  15.3  hands. 

6th  sire,  Great  Gun  (326),  chestnut,  15.3  hands. 

7th  sire,  Great  Gun  (325),  chestnut,  16  hands. 

8th  sire,  Great  Gun  (323),  red  roan,  16  hands. 

9th  sire,  Performer  (552),  red  roan,  15.3  hands. 

10th  sire,  Prickwillow  (607),  chestnut,  15.2  hands. 

llth  sire,  Norfolk  Phenomenon  (522),  red  roan,  15.3  hands. 

12th  sire,  Norfolk  Cob  (475),  bay,  15.1  hands. 

13th  sire,  Fireaway  (208),  chestnut,  15.1  hands. 

14th  sire,  Fireaway  (203). 

15th  sire,  Fireaway  (201). 

16th  sire,  Driver  (187). 

17th  sire,  Original  Shales  (698),  foaled  1755. 

18th  sire,  Blaze. 

19th  sire,  Flying  Childers. 

20th  sire,  The  Darley  Arabian. 

Dam  7796,  Double  Pride,  by  Romeo  3rd,  3248. 
2nd  dam  6265,  Venetia,  by  Lord  Derwent  2nd,  1034. 
3rd  dam  2395,  Pride,  by  Fireaway  249. 

4th  dam  Parsley,  by  Sir  Charles  768,  who  was  got  by  Performer  550,  a  son  of  Phe- 
nomenon 573,  he  by  Wildfire  864,  a  son  of  Fireaway  208.     (See  above.) 

Winner  of  first  prizes  in  Ireland  and  winner  of  first  prize  at  Michigan  State  Fair 
in  1901. 


Shan  Mullagh  (Continued) 

It  has  been  said  that  "A  perfect  horse  was  never  foaled" — though 
granting  this  to  be  true,  most  people  who  see  "Shan  Mullagh"  will  feel 
that  he  is  the  "exception  that  proves  the  rule,"  for  he  is  certainly  well- 
nigh  irreproachable.  Viewed  from  the  standpoints  of  conformation,  style 
and  beauty  combined  with  superabundant  strength,  visible  in  every  line, 
he  is  easily  an  equine  monarch.  It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  attempt  a 
technical  physical  analysis  of  this  horse,  as  the  picture  shown  here- 
with portrays  him  with  life-like  exactness.  In  action  he  has  the 
graceful  knee-fold  and  hock-bend  peculiar  to  his  breed.  He  has  an 
unusual  degree  of  speed,  and,  while  emphatically  a  "big"  horse,  is  never- 
theless agile  and  graceful  as  a  kitten.  In  motion  he  seems  to  bound 
as  lightly  as  a  rubber  ball  and  I  have  never  seen  a  horse  of  his  size 
so  light  on  his  feet.  He  is  absolutely  sound,  without  a  blemish  or  de- 
fect, vice  or  unpleasant  habit;  kind  and  gentle  in  his  disposition  and 
of  a  very  even  temperament. 

As  Shan  Mullagh  is  especially  a  breeding  proposition  his  individu- 
ality is  second  in  importance  only  to  his  ability  for  reproduction.  There- 
fore I  will  say  that  as  a  breeder  he  is  "sure  as  a  ram."  Before  pur- 
chasing this  horse  I  went  to  northern  Michigan  where  he  was  owned 
and  saw  the  colts  there  sired  by  him  and  the  mares  the)r  were  out  of. 
I  never  saw  their  equal.  They  were  the  deciding  factor  in  my  great 
desire  for  this  horse.  I  believe  that  Shan  Mullagh  will  sire  the  finest 
carriage  horses  in  the  world. 

There  is  always  a  great  demand  for  horses  with  size  and  action 
suitable  for  carriage  work  and  the  cost  of  raising  them  is  insignificant 
in  comparison  with  the  production  of  a  trotter.  I  am  certain  that 
Shan  Mullagh  crossed  on  the  American  trotting  mare  and  the  ordi- 
nary road  mare  will  produce  a  carriage  horse  that  buyers  will  eagerly 
seek  for  at  very  fancy  prices.  Just  a  word  about  the  Hackney  horse  as 
a  breed.  There  has  been  a  great  deal  of  prejudice  manifested  toward 
the  Hackney  in  this  country,  which  is  accounted  for  largely  by  the 
fact  that  a  Hackney  boom  (based  on  the  real  merits  of  the  breed) 
was  taken  advantage  of  in  its  infancy  by  horse  dealers  and  a  lot  of  in- 
ferior stallions  were  brought  to  America  and  sold  at  fancy  prices  as 
typical  Hackneys.  These  horses  were  practically  worthless  in  their  own 
country  and  naturally  created  an  unfavorable  impression  here.  Good 


Hackneys  have  always  been  worth  more  money  in  England  than  in  Amer- 
ica, as  witness  the  stallion  Bonfire,  which  was  sold  for  $15,000  in  this 
country  to  go  back  to  England.  He  was  probably  the  only  really  high 
class  stallion  of  his  breed  here  up  to  the  time  of  his  exportation.  Since 
then,  however,  some  of  our  most  enterprising  breeders,  never  losing 
faith  in  the  true  merits  of  this  wonderful  horse,  have  gone  to  England 
and  made  their  own  purchases,  buying  horses  that  were  considered  great 
in  their  own  land.  The  result  has  been  that  at  the  recent  Eastern  Horse 
Shows,  including  the  National  at  New  York,  the  Hackney,  pure-bred 
and  cross-bred,  has  more  than  held  his  own  in  the  harness  classes.  As 
notable  instances,  we  may  mention  the  defeat  of  the  champion  harness 
horse,  Lord  Brilliant,  by  the  imported,  pure-bred  Hackney,  Forest  King, 
at  the  last  New  York  Horse  Show.  Also  the  notable  winnings  (in- 
cluding championships)  in  harness  in  Western  show  rings  by  the  Hack- 
ney owned  by  Mr.  W.  J.  White,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  The  Hackney  must 
not  be  confounded  with  the  German  and  French  coach  horse.  Neither 
of  the  latter  is  a  true  breed  at  all  in  a  scientific  sense.  And  because 
they  are  not  true  breeds  they  fail  to  "breed  on,"  and  produce  satisfac- 
tory colts  when  crossed  with  our  American  mares.  There  is  no  com- 
mingling of  a  common  blood.  With  the  Hackney  it  is  different.  In 
the  first  place  he  is  the  oldest  horse  known  to  English  speaking  peoples, 
tracing  his  ancestry  in  a  direct  line  of  succession  back  to  the  Darley 
Arabian, — the  fountain  head  of  the  Hackney, — the  thoroughbred  (run- 
ning horse)  and  the  American  trotter — so  that  when  a  trotting-bred 
mare  is  bred  to  an  English  Hackney  stallion  there  is  a  reunion  of  two 
streams  long  diversed  into  a  common  channel.  Shan  Mullagh  is  a 
full  brother  to  King  Clovis,  a  horse  for  whom  the  Japanese  government 
paid  £3,000  ($15,000)  to  head  their  stud. 

Considering  his  excellence  as  an  individual,  his  size,  action  and 
quality,  his  wonderful  inheritance  of  the  richest  trotting  blood  in  the 
world,  and  his  indisputable  proclivity  for  reproducing  his  kind,  he 
certainly  commands  consideration  from  every  man  having  a  mare  to 
breed  that  he  can  not  afford  in  his  own  self  interest  to  ignore. 


Copyright  1904  by  Geo.  Ford  Morris. 


AXFORD 

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No.  2  Axford,  26300 

Trotter.     Stallion. 

Foaled  1893  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.    Bred  by  W.  P.  Ijams. 

Height,  16  hands.    Weight,  1,210  pounds. 

Color,  bay,  with  small  star. 

Record,  2,29%,  made  in  a  race  in  1903  on  a  half-mile  track. 

Sire,  AXTELL  5183  ;   record,  3  years,  2  :12. 
Grandsire,  WILLIAM  L.  4244. 

IstdamNEMEA by  NUTWOOD  600. 

Dam  of  Nathalie  2:17. 
Dam  of  Axford  2:29%. 

2ddam  KATE  PATCHEN by    MAMBRINO  PATCHEN  58. 

Dam  of  Bedford  2:30,  and  grandam  of 
Nathalie  2:17,  Margaret  Smith  2:20, 
Kokomis  2:21,  Strathmore  Abdallah  2:28. 

3d  dam  LADY  ABDALLAH ...         ...by  ABDALLAH  15. 

Dam  of  Don  Carlos  2:23,  Granville  2:26,  2 
sons  that  have  sired  standard  per- 
formers and  2d  of  Lottie  Thorn  2:23%, 
Savoyard  2:23,  Turner  2:28%,  Welcome 
2:29^. 

Axford  is  a  magnificent  specimen  of  the  grandest  horse  yet  known 
in  history — "The  American  Trotter." 

A  true  race  horse,  always  willing  to  race  on  his  courage,  and  always 
on  the  trot.  His  record,  made  in  a  race,  (which  kept  him  eligible  to  the 
slow  classes  for  this  year)  is  no  measure  of  his  speed  and  he  should 
easily  add  one  more  2  :15  performance  to  his  sire's  credit  this  season. 
He  was  trained  just  three  weeks  when  he  made  his  first  start  on  a 
track  ankle  deep  in  mud  and  in  spite  of  this  proved  the  best  bread-win- 
ner in  his  trainer's  stable  of  seven  good  race  horses. 

He  is  absolutely  dead  game  and  will  try  all  the  way.  Axford 
belongs  to  a  "family"  of  race  horses.  The  sons  of  Axtell  are  siring 
wonderful  speed  as  witness  Axworthy,  sire  of  the  sensational  filly  of 
1903 — Alta  Axworthy.  He  has  a  wonderful  profusion  of  race  blood 
through  his  maternal  ancestors,  all  of  his  dams  in  every  direction  being 
in  the  great  brood  mare  list. 

But  Axford  stands  on  his  ow^i  merits  and  his  -  colts  are  giving 
every  promise  of  making  him  a  famous,  if  belated,  sire.  He  is  a  horse 
of  great  power,  extreme  speed,  wonderful  docility,  and  above  all,  the 
rarest  thing  in  a  horse,  character,  and  these  qualities  he  impresses  on 
his  progeny  almost  invariably. 


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No.  3  Highland  Harrison 

(A.   S.  H.  R.  1663.) 

Combination   harness   and   Saddle   stallion. 

Foaled,  1900,  at  Pisgah,  Ky.    Bred  by  Gay  Bros. 

Height,  15.3  hands.    Weight,  1,050  pounds. 

Golden  sorrel,  flaxen  mane  and  tail,  stripe  in  face,  and  four  white  feet. 

Sire,  HIGHLAND  DENMARK. 
Grandsire,  BLACK  SQUIRREL. 

1st  dam,  LADY  ADAMS by  HARRISON  CHIEF. 

2nd  dam by  INDIAN  CHIEF. 

Somewhere  in  this  busy  world  so  full  of  surprises  there  may  be  a 
more  beautiful  horse  than  this  young  king  of  his  kind,  but  I  doubt  it. 
His  beauty  is  refined  to  a  degree  of  elegance  seldom  found  and  never 
in  any  other  breed  than  the  American  Saddle  Horse.  A  beautiful  coun- 
tenance fronts  a  head  of  classic  proportions,  topped  by  exquisitely  chis- 
elled ears  and  from  which  looks  out  a  large,  liquid,  kindly  eye  which 
bespeaks  truly  of  amiability  and  almost  human  intelligence.  This  head 
is  the  superstructure  of  a  long  arching  neck  flowing  gracefully  into 
wide  sloping  shoulders.  His  back,  barrel  and  coupling  are  almost  ideal 
for  a  saddle  horse,  his  hips  and  rump  full  and  rounding  and  the  whole 
surmounting  legs  denoting  great  strength  and  endurance.  Fine  flow- 
ing mane  and  great  tail  smartly  set. 

His  color  is  marvelous  and  lighted  up  as  he  is  with  white  on  feet 
and  face  and  by  the  flaxen  "fore  and  aft"  he  is  "a  thing  of  beauty  and 
a  joy  forever." 

Goes  all  the  gaits  with  great  speed  and  grace,  gives  one  an  easy 
ride  and  in  harness  a  road  horse  par  excellence. 

The  two  most  beautiful  colts  on  our  farm  are  sired  by  this  grand 
youngster  who  thus  shows  that  the  famous  Harrison  Chief  blood  breeds 
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No.  4  Highland  Flower 

(A.  S.  H.  R.  1662) 

Saddle  stallion. 

Foaled  1900,  in  Kentucky.     Bred  by  Gay  Bros. 

Height,  16  hands.    Weight,  1,030  pounds. 

Color,  bright  bay ;    star,  stripe,  snip  and  both  hind  feet  white. 

Sire,  HIGHLAND  DENMARK. 
Grandsire,  BLACK  SQUIRREL. 

1st  dam,  MAYFLOWER  154 by  VIDETTE  BOY  535. 

2nd  dam,  SALLY  DENMARK  28 by  ARLINGTON  DENMARK  102. 

3rd  dam by  PAGE'S  ALBION. 

4th  dam by  MONSIEUR  TONSON. 

We  consider  this  colt  the  equal  of  any  prospect  we  have  seen.  The 
finest  head  and  neck  and  the  best  possible  set  of  legs  possessed  by 
him  only  begin  to  tell  of  his  future  greatness.  Contemplate  his  pedi- 
gree and  it  will  be  seen  at  once  that  he  can  not  help  but  be  a  great 
show  horse. 

Under  the  saddle  he  almost  spells  "perfection."  His  slow  gaits 
are  as  easy  as  a  cradle;  his  trot  a  springy  ground-covering  gait  that 
sends  the  blood  pumping  through  your  veins;  at  the  rack  he  can  simply 
fly  and  his  canter  a  day-dream  of  repose;  and  withal  an  extra  walk- 
ing horse  and  in  harness  a  "corker."  I  have  a  foal  by  him  that  in- 
herits his  size,  fineness  and  is  one  of  the  best  fillies  on  the  farm.  He 
will  make  the  greatest  sort  of  a  sire  and  probably  prove  as  a  breeder 

the  same  as  he  is  in  appearance — the  greatest  of  his  sire's  sons. 

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No.  5  Highland  Forrest 

(A.  S.  H.  R.   1664) 

Saddle  stallion. 

Foaled  1900  at  Pisgah,  Ky.    Bred  by  James  Gay. 
Height,  15.3  hands.    Weight,  1,040  pounds. 
Black,  without  any  white. 

Sire,  HIGHLAND  DENMARK  730. 
Grandsire,  BLACK  SQUIRREL  58. 

1st  dam,  JULIA  624 by  FOREST  DENMARK  153. 

2nd  dam,  SALLIE  615 by  ROSCOE,  son  of  Blue  Jeans  3. 

3rd  dam,  LADY  LE  GRAND by  MAMBRINO  LE  GRAND  99. 

This  colt  was  exhibited  by  me  last  season  at  prominent  horse  shows 
commencing  at  the  Illinois  State  Fair  in  September,  and  ending  at 
the  close  of  the  western  circuit  at  St.  Louis.  He  was  never  out  of  the 
ribbons  except  at  Chicago,  where  the  horses  put  over  him  were  Mont- 
gomery Chief  (the  champion  undefeated  saddle  horse),  Eex  Blees,  a 
great  show  horse  though  lacking  some  show  ring  qualities,  and  Thorn- 
ton's Star,  hero  of  many  a  battle  royal.  Certainly  no  great  stigma  of 
disgrace  attaches  to  a  three-year-old  on  account  of  being  beaten  by  such 
horses. 

Forrest  is  a  beautiful  horse,  sound  and  perfect.  Goes  all  the  gaits 
with  great  speed  and  precision  and  gives  you  simply  a  delightful  ride. 
Broken  to  all  harness,  to  all  city  sights  and  sounds,  utterly  fearless,  and 
has  been  ridden  by  my  wife.  In  breeding,  individuality,  disposition  and 
attainments  perfect. 

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No.  6  Music 

Walk-trot-canter  saddle  mare.     Foaled  1899. 
Height,  15.1  hands.    Weight,  1,020  pounds. 
Bright  bay,  four  white  feet  and  white  in  face. 

Sire,  PEACOCK  498. 
Grandsire,  BLUE  JEANS  3. 

Music  is  a  saddle  mare  of  superlative  merit.  Fine  in  conformation 
without  a  rough  place  on  her,  she  completely  "fills  the  eye."  Is  a  beau- 
tiful color,  the  attractive  bay  being  relieved  by  her  white  markings  and 
face. 

A  lightweight  up  to  carrying  165  under  the  saddle,  she  is  a  show 
mare  in  the  best  sense.  Fine,  open,  rapid  walk;  the  elastic,  springy 
trot,  with  abundant  action  and  a  perfect  canter. 

I  have  never  seen  a  more  nimble  saddle  horse  than  this  mare,  and 
she  is  full  of  gimp  and  ambition.  Sets  herself  in  fine  fashion,  goes 
off  her  hocks  well  and  carries  a  smart  dock. 

In  harness  she  is  well-nigh  perfect.  Drives  with  a  light  rein 
and  has  a  mouth  of  velvet. 

This  mare  can  be  ridden  anywhere  on  earth  and  you  could  not 
cover  her  up;  she  will  make  everybody  see  her  and  give  one  mounted 
on  her  back  a  delightful  ride. 


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No.  7 


PLUTONIAN 


Saddle  gelding.     Foaled  1898. 

Height,  15.2^  hands.     Weight,  1,100  pounds. 

Color,  perfect  black. 

Sire,  THORNTON'S  STAR. 

This  is  a  gaited  saddle  horse.  Under  the  saddle  goes  all  the  gaits 
required  by  the  American  Saddle  Horse  Association.  That  is  to  say, 
walk,  trot,  rack,  canter  and  running-walk,  (b)  fox-trot,  (c)  slow  pace. 
Extra  good  running-walker  and  has  a  splendid  trot  with  bold,  free 
action.  Has  a  good  tail  and  a  very  nice  mouth.  This  fellow  is  a  plain, 
good,  business  combined  horse  and  the  kind  that  are  now  very  hard 
to  find.  His  sire.  Thornton's  Star,  is  one  of  the  old  school  of  cham- 
pions and  was  successfully  exhibited  for  years  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Potts,  of 
Mexico,  Mo.,  who,  when  he  retired  from  breeding  sold  him  to  the 
Chicago  merchant,  Montgomery  Ward.  Plutonian  is  a  good  horse  and 
one  that  any  lover  of  a  gaited  saddle  horse  will  appreciate  and  enjoy. 

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No.  8  BROWNING 

Combined  harness  and  saddle  gelding.     Foaled  1898. 
Stands  16  hands.    Weighs  1,120  pounds. 
Dark  brown  in  color. 

I  was  never  able  to  ascertain  the  pedigree  of  this  horse,  but  his 
quality  bespeaks  royal  blood.  He  is  both  a  good  horse  and  a  fine  one. 
Fine  head  and  neck,  good  barrel,  smooth  over  the  hips  and  runs  out 
into  an  extra  good  tail,  well  carried. 

In  his  gaits  he  is  very  easy  and  at  the  rack  has  unusual  speed  and 
smoothness. 

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No.  9  Vivacity 

(A.    S.  H.   R.  2034) 

Saddle  gelding.    Foaled  1897. 
Registered  by  Ball  Bros.,  Versailles,  Ky. 
Height,  16  hands.  Weight,  1,200  pounds. 
Bright  bay. 

Sire,  JOEL  447. 

Grandsire,  MONTE  CRISTO  59. 

Dam by  MESSENGER  BREEZE. 

"Vivacity"  represents  the  ne  plus  ultra  of  a  pleasure  horse.  The 
most  captious  critics  admit  this  fellow  well  beyond  the  range  of  their 
barbs.  His  record  in  the  show  rings  at  such  shows  as  Louisville,  Nash- 
ville, Atlanta,  Boston,  Indianapolis,  Kansas  City,  Chicago,  St.  Louis, 
etc.,  covering  two  successive  seasons  and  in  classes  as  diversified  as 
gaited  stallion,  mare  or  gelding;  heavy-weight  walk,  trot;  combination 
harness  and  saddle;  ladies'  saddle  horse;  and  charger  or  horse  suitable 
for  an  officers'  mount,  and  often  competing  against  the  unbeaten  Mont- 
gomery Chief  and  Gypsy  Queen,  is  the  best  testimonial  of  his  excel- 
lence. His  ribbons  would  make  a  bed  quilt  and  it  would  have  a  royal 
purple  tint.  A  more  versatile,  beautiful  and  amiable  horse  does  not 
live.  Absolutely  sound.  Not  the  "dear-bought  and  far-fetched"  horse 
of  story,  but  go  as  far  as  you  will  you  will  not  find  a  more  perfect  com- 
panion. 

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Copyright  1904  by  Geo.  Ford  Morris, 

No.  JO 


JOSEPHINE 


Saddle  mare.     Foaled  1899,  Grange  City,  Ky. 
Bred  by  G.  W.  Rice. 

Height,  15.2^  hands.     Weight,  1,040  pounds. 
Color,  seal  brown,  both  off  ankles  white. 

Sire,  SENATOR  BLACKBURN. 

Grandsire,  BILLIARD  DUDLEY. 

Dam by  BLACK  SQUIRREL. 

A  typical  Kentucky  saddle  mare.  Fine  disposition,  nice  mouth, 
good  manners,  absolutely  sound  and  free  of  blemishes.  Has  a  very 
high  trot,  easy  rack,  good  canter  and  delightful  slow  gaits.  In  describ- 
ing a  dozen  or  more  horses  of  high  grade  it  is  impossible  to  avoid  re- 
iterating the  same  old  well-worn  merits.  So  for  Josephine  will  add 
she  is  a  mare  possessing  great  "class"  and  quality.  A  beautiful,  dainty 
creature  especially  adapted  for  a  woman  to  ride. 

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Copyright  1904  by  Geo.  Ford  Morris. 


No.    II 


HEIR  PRESUMPTIVE 


Standard  bred  trotting  gelding. 

Foaled  at  Melbourne  Farm,  Washington,  111.,  1902. 

Bred  by  Bert  C.  Haines,  Pontiac,  111. 

Color,  dark  seal  brown,  with  four  white  feet. 

Height,  14.3  hands.    Weight,  800  pounds 

Sire  HEIR  AT  LAW  140X5 by  MAMBRINO  KING  1279. 

Record  2:12,  p.  2:05?i.    World's  Champion  Sire  of  Lord  Derby  2:05^.  Dare  Devil  2:09,  dam  of 

Double  uaited  Horse.    Sire  of  7  trotters  The  Monk  2:05K,  51  trotters  and  15  pacers    22 

and  11  pacers.  sons  sired  86  trotters  and  40  pacers  and  57  daugh- 

ters produced  48  trotters  and  31  pacers. 

Dam  MAUD  ADAMS by  SHERBET  9111  2:16^. 

Sire  of  3.  Son  of  Sherman  by  George  Wilkes,  dam 
Jett  (dam  of  Val  2:23K)  by  Ercole  1139. 

2d  dam  MAUD  NEWTON by  ALLIE  WILKES  6225. 

Sire  of  9  trotters  and  11  pacers,  1  son,  dams  of  2. 

3d  dam  MAUD  PATCHEN by  MAMBRINO  PATCHEN  58. 

Sire  of  25  trotters,  53  sons  sired,  154  trotters  and  39 
pacers,  102  daughters  produced  135  trotters  and 
17  pacers. 

4th  dam  MAUD  CLAY by  AMERICAN  CLAY  34. 

Sire  of  3  trotters,  3  sons  sired  7  trotters. 
33  daughters  produced  40  trotters  and  5  pacers. 

5th  dam  MINNIE  McGRATH Dam  of  Forrest  King 2:27. 

( Continued  on  next  page.) 
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Heir  Presumptive  (Continued) 

This  colt  is  a  perfect  gaited  line  trotter  and  has  sensational  speed. 
We  have  never  had  a  colt  on  the  farm  who  showed  as  much  speed  and 
as  persistent  an  inclination  to  stick  to  the  trot  from  his  earliest  infancy. 
He  is  very  kind  and  gentle,  took  the  education  to  harness  very  kindly 
and  in  every  way  shows  the  indications  of  a  coming  race  horse  as  a 
colt.  We  have  handled  him  very  carefully  and  yet  have  made  him 
anything  but  a  "hot  house"  plant.  With  his  royal  breeding,  his  dem- 
onstrated speed  at  the  trot,  his  level  headed  temperament  and  his  val- 
uable stake  engagements  we  offer  him  to  the  racing  fraternity  as  a 
prospective  stake  winner  of  unusually  bright  promise. 

Stake  Engagements. 

Horse  Review,  No.8 $10,000.00 

Kentucky  Stock  Farm 7,500.00 

$17,500.00 

No.  12  COCHRAN  HALL 

Bay  trotting  colt.  Foaled  1903.  Bred  by  Fred  C.  Hall,  Chicago,  111.  Sired 
by  Colonel  Cochran,  2:10;  1st  dam,  Merula,  by  Merodock;  2nd  dam,  Lulu  N., 
by  Duke  of  Lexington. 

A  beautiful,  fast  trotter  with  show-horse  conformation,  action  and 
quality.  A  sure  race  horse  out  of  a  producing  dam. 

Engagements — 

Kentucky  Futurity   $22,000 

Horse   Eeview    $10,000 

Kentucky  Stock  Farm   $  7,500 

Western  Horseman   $  6,000 


$45,500 
No.  13  MARCONI  32374 

Trotter.  Stallion.  Foaled  1899.  Bred  by  owner.  Height.  15.2  hands.  Weight, 
1,010  pounds.  Bay.  Sired  by  Alashtar,  26558  (son  of  Ashland  Wilkes,  out  of 
Lucy,  by  Antar,  4950)  ;  1st  dam  Valda  (dam  of  Ellen  S.,  2:11^),  by  Young  Sen- 
tinel, 950 ;  2nd  dam,  Jewel,  by  Diadem. 

A  big,  lusty  youngster  by  a  sensational  sire  and  race  horse,  out  of 
a  fast  granddaughter  of  Nutwood  600. 

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BALLENGER 


Copyright  1904  by  Geo.  Ford  Morris. 

No.  J4 

Pacing  gelding.     Foaled  1898. 

Height,  15.2  hands.     Weight,  1,070  pounds. 

Bright  bay,  with  both  hind  ankles  white. 

Half-mile  track  race  record  1903,  2  :1Q%. 

Sire,  MEDIATOR  (sire  of  Gladiator,  p.,  2  :17). 

To  those  acquainted  with  the  policy  of  this  farm  the  offering  of 
a  pacer  for  sale  will  come  as  a  surprise,  as  we  have  studiously  eschewed 
the  pacing  gait.  Occasionally,  however,  we  have  had  an  inquiry  for 
a  "fun"  horse  without  prejudice  as  to  gait,  and  in  this  horse  we  offer 
what  we  firmly  believe  to  be  one  of  the  best  of  the  sort  called  "gentle- 
men's" horses  in  America.  For  a  matinee  horse  certain  qualities  are 
absolutely  indispensable.  Good  looks,  nice  mouth,  perfect  manners, 
soundness,  straight,  prompt  movement,  fearlessness  and  extreme  speed 
are  taken  for  granted.  These  qualities  Ballenger  possesses.  He  is 
round  and  smooth  as  an  apple,  clean,  passably  good  looking,  balances 
the  reins  nicely,  responds  cheerfully  and  can  step  a  two-minute  gait 
anywhere  any  time.  He  always  has  his  speed,  can  turn  and  start  like 
a  runner,  never  wants  to  leave  his  feet,  can  brush  with  any  man's 
horse,  go  the  route  and  is  never  "all  in." 

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A  word  as  to  the  portraits  in  this  catalogue.  I  have  ahvays  be- 
lieved that  if  an  artist  could  be  found  who  could  depict  horses  truthfully, 
more  satisfactory  results  could  be  obtained  than  from  photographs. 
Any  breeder  who  has  attempted  to  secure  photos  of  his  animals  knows 
it  to  be  a  fact  that  not  one  time  in  ten  can  a  portrait  be  secured  that 
conveys  to  the  eye  at  all  the  impression  of  the  character  of  the  living 
horse.  In  fact,  ten  photographs  may  be  taken  of  the  same  animal,  and, 
shown  to  a  layman,  he  would  recognize  no  two  of  them  as  the  same  indi- 
vidual. On  the  other  hand,  most  artists  who  undertake  animal  por- 
traiture are  wedded  to  an  ideal  of  their  own  (I  speak  of  those  who  are  in 
any  sense  of  the  word  artists  and  not  mere  photo-copyists),  so  that,  as 
a  rule,  a  photograph  seems  the  lesser  of  two  evils.  There  is  an  Amer- 
ican artist,  however  (almost  a  boy  in  years),  whom  I  firmly  believe  to 
be  a  master  in  the  art  of  animal  portraiture.  He  has  the  faculty  of  secur- 
ing the  character,  the  poise  and  expression  of  each  individual  as  he  looks 
at  his  best.  In  other  words,  the  beauty  of  life,  and  vitality,  and  ex- 
pression, as  the  fancier  sees  it,  this  artist  reproduces  with  his  brush.  I 
speak  of  Mr.  George  Ford  Morris,  whose  pictures  grace  these  pages. 
They  are  every  one  of  them  portraits  individually  and  faithfully  char- 
acteristic of  the  horses  they  represent. 

HERBERT  J.  KRUM. 


About  the  Indian  City  Farm. 


The  horses  enumerated  in  the  foregoing  pages  are  but  representa- 
tive selections  from  our  stock  of  about  fifty  head.  We  can  supply  almost 
any  sort  of  a  horse  at  any  time. 

We  anticipate  being  in  the  business  of  breeding,  raising,  develop- 
ing, educating  and  selling  exclusively  fine  horses  permanently  and  have 
acumen  enough  to  know  that  this  is  possible  only  by  making  every  patron 
a  satisfied  customer. 

Our  establishment  is  situated  just  on  the  edge  of  Pontiac  in  Illinois, 
which  is  ninety  miles  southwest  of  Chicago  on  the  Alton,  Illinois  Cen- 
tral and  Wabash  railways.  We  have  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  the  best  farm  land  in  the  world  and  have  every  facility  known  to 
modern  progress  for  caring  for  horses  in  a  thoroughly  practical  man- 
ner. Good  buildings,  safe  fences,  an  enclosed,  covered  track  and  a 
regulation  half-mile  track,  woodland  pastures,  blue  grass,  running  water 
and  abundant  shade. 

We  confidently  offer  our  services  to  intending  purchasers  of  high- 
class  horses  and  gladly  execute  commissions  of  any  sort  relative  to  the 
horse  business  except  racing.  We  receive  mares  for  breeding  and  can 
keep  them  as  desired  by  the  year  or  otherwise.  We  will  train  your  trotter 
or  gait  your  saddle  horse  as  desired.  We  have  no  fancy,  extravagant 
charges  or  prices.  We  have  no  pet  theories  nor  do  we  ride  "hobbies" 
(preferring  saddle  horses).  In  a  word,  we  offer  for  a  reasonable  re- 
muneration the  advantages  of  an  intelligently  directed,  personally  man- 
aged and  completely  organized  enterprise  in  all  of  the  manifold  activ- 
ities relative  to  a 9 

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"Our  Noblest  Friend— The  Horse."  < 


THE  City  of  Pontiac,  which  is  in  the  State  of  Illinois, 
is  so  called,  probably,  because  it  never  was  the 
home  of  the  celebrated  Indian  Chieftain  of  that  name. 
With  like  consistency  of  logic  therefore  we  call  our  estab- 
lishment  "The  Indian  City"  Farm. 

It  is,  however,  the  home  of  some  of  the  best 
horses  in  J&merica,  as  we  truly  believe. 

HERBERT  J.  KRUM. 


